Google Classroom now supports exporting missing and excused grades to select Student Information Systems (SIS)
What’s changingLast year, we introduced the ability for teachers to mark an assignment for a particular student as “excused” instead of giving it a 0-100 score. We also added the ability to manually mark an assignment as “missing” or “complete” and automatically add a...
New density setting in Google Chat
What’s changing To give users more control over how they see information in Google Chat, we’re introducing a new setting that allows you to control the visual density of screen elements. Choose between “Comfortable” or “Compact” on chat.google.com. Comfortable mode,...
Upload Google Docs and other file types to Gem instructions
What’s changing Beginning today, you can upload reference documents, including Google Docs and Google Sheets via Google Drive, when creating Gems. By adding reference documents to your Gems instructions you can further tailor Gems to meet your specific needs. These...
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – November 8, 2024
4 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and...
Expanding access to the Gemini app for teen students in education
What’s changingGoogle Workspace for Education admins can now turn on the Gemini app with added data protection as an additional service for their teen users (ages 13+ or the applicable age in your country) in the following languages and countries. With added data...
Introducing a refreshed library of high-quality Google Slides templates that elevate your presentations
What’s changing We’re introducing a new collection of modern, professionally designed templates in Google Slides to help users build presentations much faster. These new templates cater to a wide range of use cases that provide users with the perfect starting point...
Announcing general availability of Google Vids: Our new AI-powered video creation app for work to help tell stories across your organization
What’s changing Earlier this year, we announced Google Vids, the newest productivity app in our suite of Google Workspace products. Vids is an AI-powered video creation app for work designed to help teams in customer service, learning and development, project ops and...
Google Vids is now available for Google Workspace for Education, providing easy video creation for teaching and learning
What’s changingEarlier this year, we announced Google Vids would soon empower educators and students to easily create and collaborate with video. Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of Google Vids for Education Plus and Gemini for Workspace...
Now generally available: use Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps in seven additional languages
What’s changingBeginning today, all users* can use Gemini in the side panel of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and Gmail, in seven additional languages:FrenchGermanItalianJapaneseKoreanPortugueseSpanishGemini in the side panel of Gmail in SpanishWith...
View in-meeting chat messages in Google Meet live streams
What’s changingStarting today, when you’re viewing a Google Meet live stream, you will be able to see chat messages that are sent by participants who have joined via the meeting link. This update helps ensure that information shared through Meet chat messages — like...